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A group of vintagers c.1853-76
Albumen print | 28.1 x 21.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852285

After Raphael (1483-1520)
A group of vintagers c.1853-76
After Raphael (1483-1520)
A group of vintagers c.1853-76

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A photograph reproducing a pen and ink drawing by Raphael depicting a group of vintagers now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1846.165). Annotated on the verso.
Joannides (see Bibliographic References) suggested that this drawing was probably en suite with another drawing by Raphael in the Ashmolean Museum (inv. no. WA1846.166), perhaps for the decoration of a musical instrument (see RCIN 852283 for a photograph of WA1846.166). Parker also writes: "The fact that the drawing is squared for enlargement and transfer confirms the belief that it was intended for some decorative purpose".
The Faun (the figure in the middle) appears to derive from the Antique and in particular from a scene on the main body of the so-called Piranesi Vase, found in Hadrian's Villa (now in the British Museum, inv. no. 1868,0512.1). The drawing also features some studies for a child in black chalk that Parker assigned to Raphael.Provenance
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-1876)
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
28.1 x 21.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Markings
annotation: left bottom [verso, centre, in ink]
Other number(s)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford p. 160, no. 114r